Question

 

Based on Plato's The Republic Book 1, “The just man is happy and the unjust wretched.” Do you agree with this statement? Can the inherent value of justice really be measured by the happiness it brings men? Support and explain your answer.

Based on Plato's The Republic Book 2, What education can teach a man justice? Support and explain your answer.

Based on Plato's The Republic Book 3, Is it true that some people are born more fit to rule than others? Support your answer.

Answer 1

Answer :1

Yes i am agree with he given statement as The gist of Plato's reply is to speak not of "justice" but of "intrinsic justice," i.e., the strength of virtue which, in his account, is the fundamental good of man. Nevertheless, many contend that intrinsic justice is actually injustice, for the division of power in the state is undemocratic while in the soul, the suppression of desire by the reason.

Plato believed a happy person is one who has principles and sticks to them. He or she uses and practices these principles in order to become a better person and a better member of society.

Hence it is not that inherent value of justice really be measured by the happiness it brings men

Answer:2

Plato regards education as a means to achieve justice, both individual justice and social justice. to achieve justice, modern society needs the Platonic theory education, for Plato's philosophy of education will provide a comprehensive vision to solve those problems in education.

Answer:

The myth contends that all citizens of the city were born out of the earth. This fiction persuades people to be patriotic. They have reason to swear loyalty to their particular plot of ground and their fellow citizens. That plot of ground is their mother, and their fellow citizens are their brothers and sisters. The myth holds that each citizen has a certain sort of metal mixed in with his soul. In the souls of those most fit to rule there is gold, in those suited to be auxiliaries there is silver, and in those suited to be producers there is either bronze or iron. The city must never be ruled by someone whose soul is mixed with the wrong metal; according to an oracle, the city will be ruined if that ever happens .

Hence  it true that some people are born more fit to rule than others